Strata Title FAQ - Must my neigbours follow by-laws if they aren't the home owners?

Date: March 03, 2011

Q. I live in a home unit and have rowdy neighbours who say that as they don't own the unit they're living in, they don't have to abide by the by-laws. Is this right?

A. Strata title by-laws operate for the benefit of and impose obligations on both occupiers and owners alike. Consequently your neighbours are wrong. They must also abide by them, as you and everyone else in the strata scheme must do.